Sewing people - material?

[Captain Catnip]

Any suggestions for sites to get cloth? My mom is going to make me some skirts and I want to find fun patterned cloth.

[aprilsails]

Are you looking for woven or knit materials?

To be honest, fabric.com has the largest online selection with good prices. If you want any design imaginable, spoonflower is the go to solution.

[Captain Catnip]

Apr 5, 2019 20:12:17 GMT -5 aprilsails said:

Are you looking for woven or knit materials?

To be honest, fabric.com has the largest online selection with good prices. If you want any design imaginable, spoonflower is the go to solution.

Ummm....I don't know. Lol.

[shortcake2675]

Fabric.com or Etsy. Do you have skirt patterns chosen?

[Captain Catnip]

Apr 5, 2019 21:12:29 GMT -5 shortcake2675 said:

Fabric.com or Etsy. Do you have skirt patterns chosen?

Yep! My mom has it. I just found it online and found the materials suggested:

[shortcake2675]

So many options!! The skirt sounds like it could be made casual or fancy, which is awesome.

I’d look at fabric.com to start.

[winecat]

Apr 5, 2019 21:56:29 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

Apr 5, 2019 21:12:29 GMT -5 shortcake2675 said:

Fabric.com or Etsy. Do you have skirt patterns chosen?

Yep! My mom has it. I just found it online and found the materials suggested:
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I think those are all woven fabric. How fun!!

[mala]

So anything woven will work. Fabric.com or spoonflower. If you go with spoonflower it's going to be $$$ and you ABSOLUTELY get a text swatch of any fabric & print combo you are thinking about. Color varies between fabric choices, even though it's the same design. Don't think "well I love it on fabric 1, I'm sure it will look great on fabric 2" because it doesn't always look great!

[Captain Catnip]

Apr 6, 2019 3:09:54 GMT -5 winecat said:

Apr 5, 2019 21:56:29 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

Yep! My mom has it. I just found it online and found the materials suggested:

I think those are all woven fabric. How fun!!

I bought a few dresses lately and was going to buy skirts, too, but she was like "skirts are easy to make, send me a pic of the style you want and I'll just get a pattern." So here we are.

[winecat]

Apr 6, 2019 7:18:24 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

Apr 6, 2019 3:09:54 GMT -5 winecat said:

I think those are all woven fabric. How fun!!

I bought a few dresses lately and was going to buy skirts, too, but she was like "skirts are easy to make, send me a pic of the style you want and I'll just get a pattern." So here we are.

That’s awesome!! Which pattern did she pick?

[Captain Catnip]

winecat,

[winecat]

Apr 6, 2019 11:06:44 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

winecat,View Attachment

That’s cute!!

[shortcake2675]

Now I’m looking for fabric for you!!

www.fabric.com/buy/0492773/telio-denim-chambray-crochet-embroidery-single-border-off-white

I am in love with these embroidered denims!!
www.fabric.com/buy/0512733/telio-denim-embroidered-single-border-floral-red-turquoise-pink

Hah.

www.fabric.com/buy/0427914/michael-miller-flames-single-border-black

I love the idea of using border prints for a skirt like that.

[redheadk]

In addition to fabric.com, I like Hawthorne Threads.

[cmeon]

Fabric.com is under the Amazon umbrella these days, and they have a lot of their fabric available there (often with free shipping/no minimum- but, YMMV). If you have a bigger Joann's nearby, don't write them off- ours have a decent selection of fashion fabrics, and it can be really nice to get your hands on fabric (see how it drapes, whether it's see-through, how it feels). Mood has a lot more reasonable fabric these days, too!

It's a very flexible pattern- I'd say almost any woven fabric could work (and even some knits). I'd add some caution with thicker fabrics particularly in regards to the fitted waist- it's probably a good idea to consider a thinner coordinating fabric if there are a lot of layers there. Other than that, check for fabric care, read reviews where they're available, and have fun!